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Nothing it seems can stop Isaiah Thomas this postseason — be it pains big or small.

The All-Star led the Celtics to a first-round win over the Chicago Bulls in a haze after learning the day before that series began that his younger sister, Chyna Thomas, had died in a car accident outside of his native Tacoma, Wash.

That pain persisted on the eve of Boston's second-round pairing with the Washington Wizards, when he flew cross-country to attend her funeral.

Then Sunday's game brought the latest dose of adversity, when he had one of his front teeth dislodged after a collision early in the game. But as he's done all postseason, he continued to find a way to push through...

As a starting NBA point guard, Chris Herren traveled coast to coast, playing the sport he had loved since childhood. But Herren wasn't just shooting hoops as he crisscrossed the country for various professional basketball teams. He was shooting heroin and...

The words slipped innocently from Ashleigh Newman's mouth, just an offhanded comment during a film session about what she and her Maryland basketball teammates would do "once they had their natty."
Brenda Frese noticed, however, and quickly processed...

This is the time of year when it seems you say goodbye to your neighbors for a few months.
It is dark when many people get home from work so there is no chance to wave to the next door neighbor as you pull into the driveway. If you want to venture next...

If Len Bias could attend his own Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday, he'd do so as a 50-year-old man.
That's a heck of a thing to wrap your head around if, like me, you grew up as an obsessed ACC basketball fan in the 1980s. Lenny has lived as an idea about...

Ordinarily, I would never think of being out on Sunday nights during "Downton Abbey" season, but I made an exception last weekend in order to catch an appealing program on the Chamber Music by Candlelight series at Second Presbyterian Church. (Of...

Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to the holiday season!
Sykesville Main Street will lead off with a holiday shopping extravaganza, 12 Hours of Christmas, on Friday, Dec. 6, from noon until midnight. Stores will offer special sales during this extended...

Two-year-old Emanuel "Manny" Binici throws himself into spurts of toddler energy, zooming around the family's Worcester living room with a toy truck, diving into a pile of dinosaurs and then shyly burrowing his head into his mother's embrace before...

Newly acquired guard Kyrie Irving will wear No. 11 in Boston because the Celtics already have retired the numbers he wore in college and with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Irving wore No. 11 at two New Jersey high schools before switching to No. 1 at Duke....

From the rooftop terrace of their new townhouse, Keisuke and Idalia Yabe take in their suburban Maryland neighborhood: a staid, 1970s-era office park of glass office buildings and concrete parking garages.
The Yabes say they have found the advantages...

Paul Pierce is retiring as a member of the Boston Celtics.
The Celtics announced Monday that they have signed Pierce to a contract so the 10-time All-Star can retire with the team where he spent his first 15 seasons in the NBA.
Pierce helped bring...

Right now, everyone in the NBA would swap places with the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. Assuming the Cavaliers get the final victory they need to secure passage to the NBA Finals on Thursday night, the two teams will meet for a third...

Thwack.
That was reality hitting the Celtics on one side of their head in the first quarter.
Thwack.
That was reality hitting the Celtics on the other side of their head in the second quarter.
The Tour de Giddiness that had Celtics fans so ecstatic...

In the sullen visiting locker room late Friday night, the Boston Celtics changed back into the black clothes they had worn into Verizon Center. Though they denied the obvious purpose, the collective wardrobe had a clear intent: The Celtics wanted to...

The NBA fined Grizzlies Coach David Fizdale $30,000 on Wednesday for his rant against the officiating in Memphis’ 96-82 loss to San Antonio in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.
The Spurs lead the series 2-0 heading into Game 3 on Thursday...

All teams take two buses from the team hotel to the arena, typically leaving 30 minutes apart.
More often than not, rookies and players who aren't getting much playing time go on the first bus for extra pregame work while veterans ride in the second bus....

Bill Belichick has won five Super Bowls. LeBron James has claimed three NBA championships.
Put the two together and what do you get? A near disaster.
Belichick and girlfriend Linda Holiday had terrific seats under one of the baskets Wednesday...

Regardless of the events that led up to it, or why they approached him, this much is clear: Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, Knicks legend Charles Oakley put his hands on multiple security guards and was arrested for doing so. This is something...

Paul Pierce tried to fight back the tears, but his emotions soon overwhelmed him as the fans inside TD Garden paid tribute to a former Boston Celtics champion who was playing in his farewell game here Sunday.
They serenaded Pierce before he was...

Justise Winslow's second NBA season likely will not make it into the new year, with coach Erik Spoelstra announcing before Wednesday night's game against the Sacramento Kings that the Miami Heat forward will undergo Thursday what is expected to be...